Melanie O'Brian
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Curator, Educator, WriterBiography
Melanie O’Brian is the Associate Director/Curator at the Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery at the University of British Columbia, and from January 1, 2022 to June 30, 2023 is the gallery’s Acting Director/Curator. Prior to joining the Belkin, O’Brian was Director/Curator of Simon Fraser University Art Galleries, including Audain, Teck, and SFU Gallery from 2012 to 2020. She was formerly Curator at The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery in Toronto, Director/Curator at Artspeak in Vancouver, and Assistant Curator at the Vancouver Art Gallery. O’Brian currently teaches curatorial studies in the Department of Art History, Visual Art and Theory at UBC and has taught at Emily Carr University and Simon Fraser University. O’Brian received her MA in Art History from the University of Chicago. She has organized exhibitions locally and internationally, edited numerous publications, and written extensively for journals, catalogues, and magazines.Belkin Art Gallery, 2023
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